<p>I am headed to New Orleans in September and was inspired by the eating in Portland thread to get favorite eats tips for NOLA. We probably won’t do long sit down white table cloth type fine dining. I’ll be traveling with a HS senior. Breakfast lunch and dinner tips are all appreciated.</p>
<p>Also, what’s the deal with jazz brunch? Is it a must do and if so do you have venue recommendations that aren’t too high end?</p>
<p>There is a place called Jacque 'emos. It was fabulous, casual authentic cajun cooking. </p>
<p>Jacques Imos is good but be prepared for a wait. Try Mother’s for the best po-boys. Gumbo Shop in the Quarter is kind of touristy but reasonably priced and nice setting. Palace Café on Canal is absolutely wonderful. Deanies is a chain, but great fried fish. Acme Oyster House, if you like oysters and don’t mind a wait. Jackson’s Grocery for best muffaletta. And my current favourite - Redfish Grill (try the chocolate bread pudding). Oh, jazz brunch - Court of Two Sisters used to be the place to go. The setting is gorgeous if you get a table in the courtyard, but the last time we went the food was meh. Breakfast, Café du Monde (actually late, late night is better) or Café Beignet.</p>
<p>All of these places (except Jacques-Imos) are near the quarter. If you are staying uptown or Metairie, I can give you a different list. </p>
<p>^ Sorry, I meant Central Grocery for mufffalettas. Jackson Grocery closed after Katrina, I think. </p>
<p>Staying in The Marigny but have places we need to be in many parts of town and at this point plan to have a car</p>
<p>Treat yourself to lunch at Commander’s Palace if you can. This is where Paul Prudhomme and Emeril were once head chefs. It’s in the Garden District and the dress code is more relaxed for lunch (dinner and Jazz brunch still require a jacket and tie). You can stroll around through the cemetery across the street afterwards. </p>
<p>The only addition I have to megpmom’s post is breakfast at Brennan’s. First thing I do is get cafe au lait and beignets. Second is an oyster poboy. Even though these days I am pretty worried about gulf oysters. I wonder what montegut thinks about it. Are they tasting the same?</p>
<p>edit: oh dear - Brennan’s is closed. Galatoire’s has changed hands. o tempora o mores. : ( ; (</p>
<p>The place I remember there was a place called NOLA Po-boy which was delicious. 3 of us went and we all got different ones and we all really liked what we got a lot. I think it was pretty new when we went.</p>
<p>We definitely won’t be doing any jacket and tie places both for budgetary reasons and that neither of us are really “foodies”. Long brunches tend to annoy me (even those Mother’s Day and Easter variety) because I feel like I’d rather be up and out and doing stuff after an earlier breakfast.</p>
<p>We were just there for the first time in April with our 17 year old daughter. I could have stayed and eaten my way through that town. Really wish we had been able to include a lunch at Commander’s Palace, but we will hopefully do that next time. My vote is Acme Oyster House. Not fancy and you have to wait for a table in the line outside (was not a bad wait - we got there early for dinner), and we shared a “family style” table with two other parties. The food was out of this world good. We walked to Cafe du Monde on our last morning before checking out in order to have our coffee and beignets (and we are early breakfast people too, by the way) but when we got there the line was a block long. Oh well, live and learn. I wish I could remember the name of the bar on Bourbon Street my hubby and I ducked into for a cocktail and a couple plates of oysters. It was a highlight. Enjoy!</p>
<p>I am not a “foodie” but I love food. New Orleans has the best food in the world. In my opinion, you will enjoy the older establishments the best. They seem to be disappearing faster and faster. And I thought the world was ending when the DH Holmes restaurant closed and the Lucky Dog carts disappeared. (Confederacy of Dunces) And when the World’s Fair displaced the real markets.</p>
<p>Okay - Now I’m looking on-line and someone bought the Lucky Dog franchise. Now I’m going to get tickets and go down there and check all this out myself. I haven’t been since the hurricane. Just heard reports.</p>
<p>saintfan: Have a great time! I’ve been imagining you a New Orleans native all this time (because of your screen name)</p>
<p>Are the saints even still in New Orleans? </p>
<p>Camillia Grill. The food is good and the staff is usually entertaining as well. Saddest day of my life was when I left my “to go” box of CG pecan pie on the streetcar.</p>
<p>This is my favorite cake in the world. I don’t know if Gambinos still exists, and don’t dare look it up.</p>
<p><a href=“Doberge cake - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doberge_cake</a></p>
<p>Uptown favorites (closer to Tulane, if you’re doing campus tours) - Casamento’s (oysters), Frankie and Johnny’s (po’boys), Joey K (Southern/creole - it was on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives) and Camellia Grill (breakfasts). Oh and Jacques-Imos.</p>
<p>If you want to do one nicer dinner - we like Ralph’s on the Park, right across from the entrance to Old City Park. Beautiful setting and great food. </p>
<p>Thanks for the tips! Keep 'em coming. We will be uptown a fair amount in the middle of the day and could do breakfast there or a late lunch.</p>
<p>Now I’m all confused . . .</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/05/court_rules_camellia_grill_mus.html”>http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/05/court_rules_camellia_grill_mus.html</a></p>
<p>I still like Galatoire’s–we went for a late lunch and it was pretty empty. You need a jacket in the evening but not for lunch. We had one of the best meals I’ve ever had at Stella!, but it was quite expensive. Acme is also not as crowded for a late lunch. We also had a good lunch at Mr. B’s Bistro–where we had read you should get the barbecued shrimp, which we did, and it was really good (but messy). We also had a good dinner at Kingfish.</p>
<p>Stella closed recently. </p>
<p>Johnny’s for great poboys. It’s in the quarter. I prefer it to Mothers personally. </p>
<p>I never do Cafe du Monde at breakfast. Too crowded. It’s a late night place for me. </p>
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Too bad. I see that it closed about three days after we ate there. Well, Bayona was also very nice.</p>
<p>Looking at Mother’s menu . . . someone tell me what is debris (as it relates to meat)?</p>